From John Gideon: I'm 61 years old. I've been doing this work full-time for nearly the last five years. I long for the days, before I learned so much, when I was ignorant about dirty tricks, phony voter fraud accusations, voter list purges, voter suppression, poorly designed and inaccurate voting machines, absentee paper ballots that have the voters political party on the mail-in envelope (Yes, Broward Co Florida does that and strips privacy away from the voters and state law allows them to do it), long lines at the polls, and every other attempt to keep voters from voting and votes from being counted accurately, if at all. It was kinda nice not knowing about all of those issues. Oh, maybe someone would bring up the old story about ballot boxes floating in the bay. What bay was that? San Francisco? Lake Michigan off of Chicago? The Hudson River? The location seems to have changed with the person telling the story. It was nice thinking our democracy actually worked the way our founding fathers envisioned it would. It was nice thinking that, no matter for whom I voted, the majority voice was heard. Now, it just feels dirty and somewhat depressing. I know way too much. It was nice being ignorant.
National: US Election: Malfunctioning voting machines http://senderodelpeje.com/sdp/contenido/2008/10/09/52930 National: Update from Black Box Voting: Trouble with straight party voting and how you can help on Election Day http://www.independentpoliticalreport.com/2008/10/update-from-black-box-voting-trouble-with-straight-party-voting-and-how-you-can-help-on-election-day/ National: Investors agree to sell Hart InterCivic to management team http://www.bizjournals.com/austin/stories/2008/10/06/daily48.html?ana=from_rss National: ACLU: Justice Department Should Enforce Voting Law http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO0810/S00217.htm National: College students face barriers to voting Registration problems, ID requirements, long lines at polls cited as discouraging factors. http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081010/POLITICS01/810100312 National: Clearing Up The Issue Of Provisional Ballots http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0810/S00163.htm National: Voter Purges Could Cause Florida-like Presidential Recounts http://www.alternet.org/democracy/102374/voter_purges_could_cause_florida-like_presidential_recounts/ National: Election 08: The Difficulty Stealing It This Time http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0810/S00164.htm National: Professor examines voting misconceptions http://spectrum.buffalo.edu/article.php?id=37421 National: Our Hackable Democracy http://www.forbes.com/technology/personaltech/2008/10/09/hacking-electronic-voting-tech-security_cx_ag_1010hack.html National: Report: Voter Purging Process Is Shrouded in Secrecy, Prone to Error and Vulnerable to Manipulation http://i3.democracynow.org/2008/10/9/report_voter_purging_process_is_shrouded National: Voter Fraud, Voter Suppression http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/10/voter-fraud-vot.html National: Questions and Challenges Surround Voter Registration Process http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/politics/September-October-08/Questions-and-Challenges-Surround-Voter-Registration-Process.html National: Briefing: Bracing for another Election Day mess http://www.theweek.com/article/index/89621/3/3/Briefing_Bracing_for_another_Election_Day_mess National: Opinion - Who's the Fraud? http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/whos-the-fraud/?ref=opinion National: Voter Registrations Spark Testy Exchange http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/10/10/voter-registrations-spark-testy-exchange/?mod=googlenews_wsj AZ: Pima County - Pima officials: More than 350 residents tried to vote twice in primary http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/local/99161.php CA: Los Angeles County - Surge in voter registration highlights electoral fraud http://www.malibutimes.com/articles/2008/10/10/news/news6.txt CA: San Joaquin, Sacramento counties expect record voter turnout http://www.lodinews.com/articles/2008/10/10/news/4_election_081010.txt CO: State disputes voter purge http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_10682767 CO: Colorado to Review How It Purges Voters' Names http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/10/us/10voting.html?_r=1&ref=us&oref=slogin CO: Coffman disputes voter-purge report http://www.chieftain.com/articles/2008/10/10/news/local/doc48ef14d420898206871936.txt CO: No vote for you: Coffman responds to NYT voter purge story http://coloradoindependent.com/11004/no-vote-for-you-coffman-responds-to-nyt-voter-purge-story CO: Clerks to voters: Bring a sack lunch to the polls http://coloradoindependent.com/11037/clerks-to-voters-bring-a-sack-lunch-to-the-polls CO: El Paso County - State Senator Accuses Clerk of Suppressing Votes http://www.krdo.com/Global/story.asp?S=9155567 CO: Moffat County - Test election extended to today Public participants not worried about errors http://www.craigdailypress.com/news/2008/oct/10/test_election_extended_today/ FL: Few reliable voting machines in Florida http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/117183 FL: Lee County - Florida unprepared for Election Day? http://www.nbc-2.com/articles/readarticle.asp?articleid=22117&z=3 FL: Palm Beach County - Wennet won't challenge voting machines http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/content/local_news/epaper/2008/10/09/1009merriman.html FL: Palm Beach County - Training intensifies for 8,000 poll workers http://www.palmbeachpost.com/politics/content/local_news/epaper/2008/10/09/a1a_poll_workers_1010.html GA: Lawsuit: Georgia Illegally Purges Votes Complaint Claims Voters Being Dropped From Registration Rolls Because Of Challenges To Citizenship http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/10/09/cbsnews_investigates/main4512526.shtml GA: Fulton County judge denies voter ID challenge http://www.fortmilltimes.com/124/story/319963.html HI: Maui County - Rise of the machines As election technology blazes ahead, will voters get left behind? http://www.mauitime.com/Articles-i-2008-10-09-185874.112113_Rise_of_the_machines.html IL: With Misleading Report On ACORN, CNN Misses The Real Story In Lake Co. http://progressillinois.com/2008/10/10/vilifying-acorn-without-facts IN: Opinion - Home foreclosures shouldn't keep registered voters from polls WE SAY Blocking those caught by economic distress would be a blatant act of voter suppression against the poor http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=63456&comview=1 IN: As voter registration rises, so do fears of fraud Claims include potential for ineligible voters, disenfranchisement http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081009/NEWS0502/810090575 MO: Are we ready for Nov. 4? http://www.stltoday.com/blogzone/dc-download/uncategorized/2008/10/are-we-ready-for-nov-4/ MT: GOP voter challenges got our attention http://www.helenair.com/articles/2008/10/09/opinions/top/irview_081009.txt MT: Montana Democrats to drop voter challenge lawsuit http://www.greatfallstribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081010/NEWS01/81010012/1002 NC: Times story on voter databases called 'very misleading' http://www.news-record.com/content/2008/10/09/article/times_story_on_voter_databases_called_very_misleading NC: State defends database use for IDs http://www.news-record.com/content/2008/10/09/article/state_defends_database_use_for_ids NC: N.C. to change the way it vets its new voters http://www.newsobserver.com/110/story/1249665.html NH: Dual check-in system draws complaint http://www.cabinet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20081010/BEDFORD01/810109922 NY: Making Our Votes Really Count http://www.brooklynrail.org/2008/10/express/making-our-votes-count NY: Barack 'Osama' on Rensselaer County ballots http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=728326 OH: The Right Stuff: Brunner enables, rather than investigates fraud http://www.thepost.ohiou.edu/Articles/Opinion/Columns/2008/10/10/25805/ OH: Mahoning County - County forestalls ballot tampering http://www.vindy.com/news/2008/oct/10/county-forestalls-ballot-tampering/ SC: Beaufort County - Voter office performance must be better for Nov. 4 http://www.beaufortgazette.com/opinions/story/580621.html TX: The hurricane vote For storm-dispersed residents of the Texas coast, voting early makes good sense. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/6049924.html TX: Waller County - Texas County Agrees to Stop Vote Suppression Efforts Against Black University Students http://www.campaignlegalcenter.org/press-3407.html VA: Is Va. ready for heavy turnout? Rights group says state is ill-prepared to handle voters http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/news/politics.apx.-content-articles-RTD-2008-10-10-0134.html VA: Arlington County, Va. Ramps up for Election Day http://www.govtech.com/gt/articles/420766 WI: GOP asks judge to make some show ID at polls http://blogs.jsonline.com/allpoliticswatch/archive/2008/10/10/gop-asks-judge-to-make-some-show-id-at-polls.aspx Washington DC: E-Voting Machine Produces Out-Of-Whack Result. D'oh!!! http://www.huffingtonpost.com/diane-tucker/e-voting-machine-produces_b_133339.html **Articles and commentary included in "Daily Voting News" may not all reflect the opinions of VotersUnite.Org or its allied organizations. 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